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Mozilla firefox bookmarks problem. :/ by Oxy on 12-10-2006 at 07:35 PM

Every time i go to bookmark a page, i press okay and nothing happens. i can press the button to my hearts desire but nothing will happen. Why? and how can i fix this?
sorry if i allready made a thread about this, but i cannot find it.

RE: Mozilla firefox bookmarks problem. :/ by ins4ne on 12-10-2006 at 07:45 PM

Do you have any add-ons installed for bookmarks?

RE: Mozilla firefox bookmarks problem. :/ by Oxy on 12-10-2006 at 07:51 PM

quote:
Originally posted by ins4ne
Do you have any add-ons installed for bookmarks?

Nope, none at all.

RE: Mozilla firefox bookmarks problem. :/ by ins4ne on 12-10-2006 at 07:52 PM

Hm ok. Then I'll have to search a bit more. I never had such problems...

You say when you right-click on a page and select 'add bookmark for this page' then happens nothing? right?

RE: Mozilla firefox bookmarks problem. :/ by Oxy on 12-10-2006 at 07:55 PM

quote:
Originally posted by ins4ne
You say when you right-click on a page and select 'add bookmark for this page' then happens nothing? right?

That's right, it's like a dud. you can click and click and click the OK button, but nothing will happen. :-/

RE: Mozilla firefox bookmarks problem. :/ by Kenji on 12-10-2006 at 07:55 PM

What version of firefox are you using?

RE: Mozilla firefox bookmarks problem. :/ by ins4ne on 12-10-2006 at 08:01 PM

Ever tried to start FireFox in safe-mode and try to bookmark? There it should work.

RE: Mozilla firefox bookmarks problem. :/ by Oxy on 12-10-2006 at 08:02 PM

quote:
Originally posted by ins4ne
Ever tried to start FireFox in safe-mode and try to bookmark? There it should work.

Nope, still teh same :sad:

quote:
Originally posted by Dazmatic
What version of firefox are you using?

2.0

and yes i have tried 1.5, no difference :sad:

RE: Mozilla firefox bookmarks problem. :/ by ins4ne on 12-10-2006 at 08:06 PM

quote:
Originally posted by .OxY

quote:
Originally posted by ins4ne
Ever tried to start FireFox in safe-mode and try to bookmark? There it should work.

Nope, still teh same

quote:
Originally posted by Dazmatic
What version of firefox are you using?

2.0 and yes i have tried 1.5, no difference

Oh dear. Try a fresh install. Maybe that helps

RE: Mozilla firefox bookmarks problem. :/ by Supersonicdarky on 12-10-2006 at 08:09 PM

bookmarks file in use by other application, so it cant be written maybe? :/

try restarting and trying again... (and kill any processes that could be causing it)

RE: Mozilla firefox bookmarks problem. :/ by ins4ne on 12-10-2006 at 08:11 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Supersonicdarky
bookmarks file in use by other application

Which one? That's a very strange issue. I don't know any programs that use FFs bookmark.html

RE: Mozilla firefox bookmarks problem. :/ by Oxy on 12-10-2006 at 08:12 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Supersonicdarky
try restarting and trying again... (and kill any processes that could be causing it)

i know this wont work, i've had this problem for a while now, (but it annoys me now.) and trust me, i've restarted my computer many a time since then, and no difference.

RE: Mozilla firefox bookmarks problem. :/ by ins4ne on 12-10-2006 at 08:13 PM

Are you sure to not have any bookmark manager thingy add-ons installed?? Because it's the only thing I can imagine to cause problems :/.

RE: Mozilla firefox bookmarks problem. :/ by Oxy on 12-10-2006 at 08:22 PM

quote:
Originally posted by ins4ne
Are you sure to not have any bookmark manager thingy add-ons installed?? Because it's the only thing I can imagine to cause problems :/.

double checked the add-ons, nothing to do with bookmarks is installed.

RE: Mozilla firefox bookmarks problem. :/ by andrewdodd13 on 12-10-2006 at 10:54 PM

Firstly, verify that:
C:\Documents and Settings\<Oxy's username>\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\<Random alphanumeric>.default\bookmarks.html
exists.

If it does, open it up in your browser. It should simply look like a list of links grouped under heading (these are the menus and links of your current bookmarks).

If the file appears corrupt, move it, and restart firefox. Your bookmarks should now be blank - you can manually recover them from the bookmarks.html file - that's why we didn't delete it.

If that doesn't work, I'm out of ideas.

RE: Mozilla firefox bookmarks problem. :/ by L. Coyote on 12-10-2006 at 11:54 PM

Um, check to see if Tab Mix Plus is installed. One of the last updates (0.3.5.1; NOT 0.3.5.2) fucked up the bookmarks and other stuff.

RE: Mozilla firefox bookmarks problem. :/ by ins4ne on 12-11-2006 at 10:26 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Tom M. Riddle
Um, check to see if Tab Mix Plus is installed. One of the last updates fucked up the bookmarks and other stuff.

I have it installed and there was no problem with the last updates 8-)

...

RE: Mozilla firefox bookmarks problem. :/ by Oxy on 12-11-2006 at 04:42 PM

quote:
Originally posted by andrewdodd13
Firstly, verify that:
C:\Documents and Settings\<Oxy's username>\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\<Random alphanumeric>.default\bookmarks.html
exists.

If it does, open it up in your browser. It should simply look like a list of links grouped under heading (these are the menus and links of your current bookmarks).

If the file appears corrupt, move it, and restart firefox. Your bookmarks should now be blank - you can manually recover them from the bookmarks.html file - that's why we didn't delete it.

If that doesn't work, I'm out of ideas.

Nope, that doesn't work :sad:

and i just tried deleting all my bookmarks (didn't need them anyway

) and tried, still nothing :dodgy:

RE: Mozilla firefox bookmarks problem. :/ by duck! on 12-11-2006 at 04:50 PM

Have you tried doing a full uninstallation clearing all bookmarks/favorites and on the installer chose the option to not import bookmarks

RE: Mozilla firefox bookmarks problem. :/ by Oxy on 12-11-2006 at 05:03 PM

quote:
Originally posted by noodle!
Have you tried doing a full uninstallation clearing all bookmarks/favorites and on the installer chose the option to not import bookmarks

eh? i haven't seen you here for ages...
I thought i'd said this, maybe not

i tried doing a clear un-installation, but nothing different.

RE: Mozilla firefox bookmarks problem. :/ by Oxy on 12-13-2006 at 06:46 PM

First bump deleted, but..

*second bump*

RE: Mozilla firefox bookmarks problem. :/ by Mike on 12-13-2006 at 06:49 PM

Start -> Run -> firefox -profilemanager

Create a new profile, and try again

RE: Mozilla firefox bookmarks problem. :/ by Oxy on 12-13-2006 at 06:53 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Mike
Start -> Run -> firefox -profilemanager

Create a new profile, and try again

Tried that, but all it did is open a new window with my homepage? is this supposed to happen?

RE: Mozilla firefox bookmarks problem. :/ by Mike on 12-13-2006 at 07:03 PM

quote:
Originally posted by .OxY

quote:
Originally posted by Mike
Start -> Run -> firefox -profilemanager

Create a new profile, and try again

Tried that, but all it did is open a new window with my homepage? is this supposed to happen?

Try using the full path, like this:

code:
"c:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -profilemanager

Also, make sure FF is closed when you do this.

RE: Mozilla firefox bookmarks problem. :/ by Oxy on 12-13-2006 at 07:32 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Mike

quote:
Originally posted by .OxY

quote:
Originally posted by Mike
Start -> Run -> firefox -profilemanager

Create a new profile, and try again

Tried that, but all it did is open a new window with my homepage? is this supposed to happen?
No

Try using the full path, like this:

code:
"c:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -profilemanager

Also, make sure FF is closed when you do this.

Wow, WTF!? that worked!? :/ thats.. erm.. weird

Thanks mike!

RE: Mozilla firefox bookmarks problem. :/ by shadow711 on 01-06-2007 at 03:38 PM

I had the same prob, but I managed to fix it. Just follow the steps below.

Goto the Application Data>Mozilla....etc. and find the "bookmarkbackups" forlder.
Copy it somewhere safe (like your Desktop).
Then go to Control Panel->Add or Remove Programs. And Uninstall FireFox.

The most important step:

Goto Application Data dir and completely delete the Mozilla folder.
Also don't forget to Delete the "Mozilla FireFox" folder in "C:/Program Files".

Now you can download and install a fresh version of mozilla ForeFox, and import the bookmark backups from your desktop. All problems and bugs should be gone.